There is a kind of victory in good work, no matter how humble.

The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may.

Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.

Republicans many times can't get the words 'equality of opportunity' out of their mouths. Their lips do not form that way.

There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.

I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.

I played football.. my football was kosher.. no pigskin.